I am procrastinating finishing a second sock- only 30 rounds left!- by browsing patterns for hats.

Influenza A is circulating and hospitalized a school bus driver I know. Get your vaccine.

November snow. It will be gone in a few days. No longer being in the snowbelt with lake effect snow we don't get as much November snow as when I was young.

Idiom Origin “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible. A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on. This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.

Constant betting ads are making me rethink prohibition on vices. It's predatory and like cigarette ads should be banned even if the product is not

Constant betting ads are making me rethink prohibition on vices. It's predatory and like cigarette ads should be banned even if the product is not

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Omg signing up to volunteer at the food bank is like a flash sale. As soon as the email hits you have to get the spots. However, my daughter and I have two spots to get her able to try it. It's warehouse stuff so very doable for her, just needs someone to walk her through her first few times.

This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

One of the few things my dad and I agree on is that wars should be fought by the old. Those of us who have been young. Not only would there be less wars if the ones making the decisions had to fight and lose their contemporaries, but have more likely than not come across their red lines already.

No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Banning intersex people is discrimination no matter how you slice it. Trans rights are human rights I agree but the situation is harder because there is a choice at some point involved to the outside world. Intersex people are born. They were formed with dual sex organs. It's like banning breasts

I've had reason to be reminded of this

This is my third attempt at getting up today. I can't pretend I'm not in a giant autoimmune flare right now. Though I still think the ADHD meds are helping. The brain fog isn't as bad.

Oh dk is fun to knit socks with! All squishy.

I pulled this sweater out I made a few years ago but never finished. The sleeves need a cuff or to be extended to full length. I'd crocheted a neckline. I'm debating between finishing it or frogging it for the yarn to do something else since I know so much more now.

Ok the snow is allowed. There are kids playing in it outside my window

Reminded today how twice my brother tried to have me drive unsafe vehicles until mechanics who worked for the family company refused. One they threatened to drive into the river rather than put me and my daughter in it. The other, his Fil, put his fist through the corroded floor boards and said no.

I’ve written for them. They pay a fair wage. And they pay you quickly. All to say I’ve experienced them on the back end 👌🏾

First snow of the year and the wind-chill is -7C. That part of it could have waited. Snow, whatever. Hurts my fingers in 5 minutes wind? is boo hiss. I need to find my gloves

Anyways my cats are Gingie the ADHD and Greygrey Autism. I will not be explaining further.

I don't want snow. No. Bad weather, bad.

Help! I've been talking with multiple people today and like a week's worth of socializing is burning me out and it's only noon

My apartment is so dry taking a shower with the door open fogs up the windows in the whole place

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Anyways. In happier news, the home game socks are in use. My child is happy about them and I feel useful in that.

So this got even weirder today. And I don't know if something horrific is happening or there is a very unwell teen and I'm totally tied up about it. I don't know that I agree with the cop in charge's take on things. I do know however what I do when a child shows up on my door asking for help.

#WesternU engineers have designed and developed a first-of-its-kind energy-efficient home system. They combined the power of photovoltaics (PV) with a heat pump and thermal battery to create a fully electrified – and highly energy-efficient – house. 🏡 Read more: news.westernu.ca/2025/10/elec...

So weird. Cops looking into my place from outside and have the wrong apartment? Also who looks into windows with flashlights at 230 in the morning??? Looking for a Miriam.

A reminder that quite literally no woman is safe from sexual violence and male entitlement to her body.

There are 18 teen girls in a group and I think there may be a scavenger hunt? One is looking at her phone and leading the others. I'm overly curious

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

🤦‍♀️finished a pair of socks only to realize they are too small. No problem, I'll give them to my sister. Her foot is still smaller than these though. Le sigh. They were my first pair on the 2mm needles. 7.5" toe to heel. Because I measured the toe too when it was supposed to be the foot only.

In what I know sounds contradictor, I'm wearing heels in the apartment to help my ankles, back and hips. The only real problem with this is the cat who likes to be pet with feet only, can't run his face against them

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

A benefit of knitting too tightly is that I don't get ladders when using DPNs. This does not help totally if the first stitch on the new needle is a purl.

Dammit

Watching the world series, knitting and watching three social media platforms ....oh oh I do see the no shit to the ADHD

I am not built for this

Holy mother

Breathe

This is too much

Omg

Lol and they say hockey is fighty

Let's go Blue Jays! #WantItAll

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

We are celebrating 3 months seizure free for the 22 year old!!

Breaking out sweater weather! This is one I made a several years ago. I still can't decide if it should be longer or full sleeves. I like 3/4 length, I am an elder millennial after all. I dyed the yarn so I know I have something that will work if I do add on to it.

At least it's raining for devil's night.